718 



Birds of Celebes: Rallidae. 



139; (7) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 560; (8) id., Cruise "Marchesa" 1886, 11, 208; 

 (9) Platen, Gefied. Welt 1887, 206. 



d. Porphyrio indicus var. palliatus (1) Briigg., Abli. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 89. 



e. Porphyrio calvus (1) Elliot, Str. F. 187S, VH, 16 (Celebes); (2) Salvad., Atti Ac. Sc. 



Torino XIV, 1879, 1169. 



f. Porphyrio melanoptera ('ij Rosenb., Zool. Garten 1881, 167; ('2J Joest, Holontalo 1883, 105. 



g. Porphyrio calvus var. palliatus (1) W. Bias., Z. ges. Orn. 1886, 154. 



h. Porphyrio smaragdinus (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1S94, XXm, 203; (2)M..&Wg., Abh. Mus. 



Dresd. 1895, Mai, Nr. 8, p. 17. 

 "Eembang", Malay, N. Celebes, Meyer c 5. "Panumbalang", Minaliassa, Nat. Coll. 

 "Dentula" [Gorontalo], v. Rosenberg c 4. "Bontula", Gorontalo, Joest f 2. 

 Diagnosis of adult. Ordinarily larger tban the Javan form, upper surface sUghtly darker; 



jugulum and upper breast cerulean blue, as against Nile-blue or pale greenisb blue. 

 Distribution. Nortb Celebes: — Minaliassa (Forsten c 1. Meyer c 5, etc.), Gorontalo Distr. 



(Rosenberg c 4, f 1, Meyer c 5, etc.). 



The species. 



Figures and descriptions of P. calvus: Temminck, PI. Col.V, pi. 421 [P. smaragdinus: Java); 

 Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp. 1848, 221, pi. 62, fig. 2 (P. vitiensis: Fiji); Finsch & 

 Hartlaub, Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 172, pi. XII, f. 3 (Fiji); Briiggemann d 1 

 (N. Celebes); Elliot el; Vorderman, N. T. Ned. Ind. XLH, 113 (1882: Java); 

 Sharpe h 1, h 1; etc. 



Adult male. Above glossy clove-brown, face, chin, and occiput blackish, hind-neck and sides 

 of neck dull blue, outer remiges washed with blue; fore -neck, upper breast, and 

 carpal region bright Cliina-blue; becoming duller blue on lower breast and sides, 

 with a violet tint on sides of rump and thighs; abdomen sooty blackish; under 

 tail-coverts pure white; remiges below shining dusky; under wing-coverts 

 mostly China-blue; frontal plate covering crown and forehead "brilliant red, biU darker" 

 — Guillem. c 7; "iris brown-red; feet flesh-red " (a', Kema, 3. Aug. 93: P.&F. S.). 



Female. Smaller than the male (Meyer c 5, and see measurements). 



Immature. Differs from the adult in being lighter and greener above (one specunen in parti- 

 cular has broad margins of burnt umber to the feathers: Tondano — C 10963), the 

 brilhant blue of the fore-neck and breast less developed; under-parts browner, washed 

 with blue, with pale tips to the feathers on the lower breast; abdomen whitish; fi'ontal 

 sliield much less developed [Q juv., Limbotto, July, 1871: Meyer — C 2026; and others). 



Middle 

 Measurements (adults ! — we carefully exclude immature specimens). Wing Tarsus 



a. (C 10961) ad., Tondano, Aug.— Sept. 92 (Nat. Coll.). 



b. (Sarasin Coll.) cf ad., Kema, 3. Aug. 93 



c. (0 2011) ad., Kakas, June, 71 (Meyer) 



rf. (C 2013) ad., Kakas, June, 71 (Meyer) 



e. (C 2014) ad., Kakas, June, 71 (Meyer) 



f. (C 2027) g ad., Limbotto, July, 71 (Meyer) . . . 



g. (C 2015) Q ad., Limbotto, July, 71 (Meyer) . . . 

 h. (C 2012) Q ad., Limbotto, July, 71 (Meyer) . . . 



i. (C 3555) ad., Minahassa (Faber) 



j. (Nr. 3899) ad., Minahassa (Faber) 



k. (Nr. 6616) ad., Minahassa (v. Musschenbroekj . . 



/. (Nr. 3900) ad., Java (v. Schierbrand) 



250 

 248 

 240 

 238 

 228 

 224 

 211 

 235 

 236 

 231 

 236 

 215 



91 



93.5 



85.5 



83 



81 



78 



75 



83 



84 



81 



80 



78.5 



toe and 

 claw 



Bdl from 

 nostril 



106 

 102.5 



97 



96 



88 



95 



87 



97 



96 



98 



95 



93 



28.5 



27 

 25 

 25 



25 



29 

 28 

 24 



